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Bob Korves wrote:
I find the concept of "near-midairs" close to useless. One pilot's "near miss" is another pilot's "sighting". If there was some way of accurately and consistently measuring the distances and then quantifying large numbers of results objectively then it _might_ be useful. Until then there are only "hits" and "misses" in my book. "Hits" make the evening news, subjective war stories shouldn't... -Bob It could be done by radar for aircraft with transponders (which would include some gliders and most GA aircraft, at least in the the US) or by flight recorders (glider/glider near misses could often be measured this way), but I don't know if any effort is made to get these numbers. The exception would be if both aircraft were under ATC control. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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